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Does the highest end i3 have more processing power than the lowest end i5?

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No. 4 Core will easily beat 2 cores

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High end i3s are a huge waste of money.

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Nope.

 

i3 is a dual core CPU.

 

i5 is a quad core CPU.

 

So no.

 

More cores - More performance.

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id personally go with the newest generation i3 before i went with a first generation i5.

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what you are you trying to compare?

i3 4330 to i5.. some first gen?

I dunno man

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Is the highest end i3 a more powerful processor than the lowest end i5?

The only i3s you should really consider are 41x0, where x could be 3,5,6,7.

 

 

Nope.

 

i3 is a dual core CPU.

 

i5 is a quad core CPU.

 

So no.

 

More cores - More performance.

With that logic, theoretically AMD would wreck face with their 8xxx and 9xxx processors, but it doesn't.

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id personally go with the newest generation i3 before i went with a first generation i5.

He's asking about high end vs low end, not gen 1 vs current gen..

 

EDIT: @Minibois this^ as far as I can tell, at least.

 

EDIT2: @DXMember, read the above. High end and low end are referring to the different i5-6xxx and i3-6xxx (just an example, comparing on the same generation). Not i3-6xxx vs i5-xxx.

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anything is better than a Nehalem core

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Nope. Even if an i3 was OC' able, it wouldn't beat the the 4 core i5

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not really - i3s are generally quite a bit weaker than i5s

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